Tag Archives: Romance

It’s Valentine’s Day. God help us all.

Posted on February 14, 2014 by BerLinda

I’m not normally one for Valentine’s Day. Mainly because I’ve rarely had a man in my life on this particular day. I now realise that this was actually a good thing – I didn’t have to worry about what to … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Humor, Humour, Latvian men, Love and Relationships, Poetry | Tagged Good Latvian men, humor, Humour, Men in the kitchen, poetry, Romance, Valentine's Day, Yummy Janis | 97 Comments

Listen carefully. I’m only going to say this one million times.

Posted on October 22, 2013 by BerLinda

In a bid to expand my Latvian language skills beyond murder, weapons and ‘Order! Order in the court!’, I’ve been watching ‘Two and a Half Men’ with subtitles. I was pretty pleased with myself for picking up a couple of phrases … Continue reading →

Posted in Expat, Humor, Humour, Language, Latvia, TEFL | Tagged English, expat, Free English Lesson, humor, Humour, Latvia, Latvian subtitles, learning English, Learning Latvian, Romance, Student mistakes, teaching English as a foreign language, TEFL, the Latvian language | 106 Comments

Feeling romantic?

Posted on September 1, 2013 by BerLinda

Nope, me neither but unfortunately, that doesn’t stop other people. First up is an Irish guy living in Texas, who in a slightly hare-brained move, has decided to marry a Russian Latvian woman. They’ll be tying the knot in Riga … Continue reading →